Electric fixture.



E. L. SIMONS.

ELECTRIC FIXTURE.

APPLIGATION FILED 00121, 1912 1,062,555 Patented May 20,1913.

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citizen of the .United States, and a resident etc. The shell is of shortlengthvand smal of metal which is held in place by a perfo- UNITED sr'rns PAZTENT canton.

EDWARD I]. SIMONS, 0F LANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F QNE-HALF 1'0HENRY ENEU JOHNSON, OFLANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Patented May 20, 1913.

Application filed October 1, 1.912. Serial No. 723,296.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I EDWARD L. Srrrons, a

ofLansdowne, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Fixtures, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in electrical fixtures and theobject of my invention is to furnish a portable electric fixture whichby the simple substitution of parts, will be equally adapted for thelightmg of a cigar or cigarette or for a trouble lamp.

' My invention is designedpri marily for use in connection withautomobiles or motor boats, it will. be understood, however, that I donot desire to limit myself to its use in any particular connection forit will be apparent that it may be of very general application.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate similar parts throughout the several views :Figure 1, is acentral longitudinal sectionalyiew of my electrical fixture carrying aci ar or cigarette lighter: Fig. 2, a similar view of the fixturecarrying an electric light: Fyig." 3, a side elevation of the fixtureand a keeper for carrying it Fig. 4, a front ele- I vation of Fig. 1.

i 5 is a shell, preferably but not necessarily, of cylindrical shapeconstructed of some insulating material as hard rubber, wood, fiberidiameter and at one end carries a socket 6 rated screw plug 7 theexteriorly threaded stem 8 of which is screwed into the base of socket 6which passes int-0 a hole formed in the end wall of the shell 5 and theheag 90f which engages the outer side of them wall as shown. v

The socket 6 carries interiorly a porcelain washer 10 to which isattached an electrical contact 11, adapted to be secured to a line wire12, and a threadedneck 13 adapted to carry interchangeably a box 14carrying a resistance coil 15, Figs. 1 and 4 or an electric lamp 16,Fig. 2, either one oi which may be screwed into or out of the neck 13 asmay be desired.

16 is a flat spring one end of which is in 7 electrical connection withthe metallic part of socket 9, which is in electrical connection withthesecond line wire 17, and 18 is a push button which being pressed engagesThe metal frame of resistance coil 14 and establishes a current in thefine wire 19 one endgof which is connected to the metal part of themetal frame of box 14 and the other end of which is in engagement withelec-v trical contact 11 connected to the first line wire 12, or withone pole of an electric lam 20 the other pole of which is in contact witcontact 11 and first line wire 12. The button 18 being pushed in causesspring 16 to establish an electric current throughthe .coil- 15 or thefilament of-the lamp 20.

21, Fig. 3 is a spring socket for carrying the fixture when it is not inuse.

22 is an annular ridge around the shell 5 i for the arms of the socket21 to engage as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secizreby Letters Patent a In an electrical fixture, incombination a shell of-'nsulating material, a metallic socket carried by the interior of saidshell,

an electrical connection one pol of which is carried by but insulatedfrom said socket, a spring carried by said socket and in electricalconnection with the other pole of the electrical connection, anelectrically operated device adapted to be removably carried by the neckof said socket bne pole of which is in contact with the pole carried byand in sulated from said socket, and a means whereby said spring may bemoved at Wlll into contact with the otherpole of said device in order tocomplete the circuit.

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Crmnnns A. Rowing, GHARLEs Harman.

